Frankel (horse)

Frankel
Frankel cruises to a 13-length victory in a Doncaster Conditions stakes on his second start
Sire	Galileo
Grandsire	Sadler's Wells
Dam	Kind
Damsire	Danehill
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	11 February 2008
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Juddmonte Farms
Owner	Khalid Abdullah
Trainer	Henry Cecil
Jockey	Tom Queally
Record	14: 14–0–0
Earnings	£2,998,302
Major wins
Royal Lodge Stakes (2010) Dewhurst Stakes (2010) Greenham Stakes (2011) 2000 Guineas Stakes (2011) St. James's Palace Stakes (2011) Sussex Stakes (2011, 2012) Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2011) Lockinge Stakes (2012) Queen Anne Stakes (2012) International Stakes (2012) Champion Stakes (2012)
Awards
1st in World Thoroughbred Rankings (2011, 2012) European Horse Of The Year (2011, 2012) European Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (2010) European Champion Three-Year-Old Colt (2011) European Champion Older Horse (2012) Timeform rating: 147

Frankel (foaled 11 February 2008) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. Frankel was unbeaten in his fourteen-race career and was the highest-rated racehorse in the world from May 2011. In 2010 he defeated a field including Nathaniel and Colour Vision on his debut before winning the Royal Lodge Stakes by ten lengths and the Dewhurst Stakes in which he defeated the Middle Park Stakes winner Dream Ahead. As a three-year-old, he won the Classic 2000 Guineas by six lengths, defeated the outstanding older miler Canford Cliffs in the much-anticipated Sussex Stakes at Goodwood and won the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot. Frankel extended his unbeaten record in 2012 by winning the Lockinge Stakes, the Queen Anne Stakes and the Sussex Stakes for a second time. In August he was moved up to a mile and a quarter for the first time and won the International Stakes at York. In October he won the Champion Stakes at Ascot, again over a mile and a quarter, following which his retirement from racing was announced.

After his win in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot in October 2011, Frankel was given a rating of 143 by Timeform, the highest mark awarded by the organisation in over forty years and their fourth highest of all time behind Sea Bird, Brigadier Gerard and Tudor Minstrel. In June 2012, following his win in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, Timeform raised its provisional rating to 147, making him the highest-rated horse in the organisation's history. In January 2013 Timeform announced that his final rating at the end of his racing career was also 147.